Repair of ruptured anastomotic aneurysm: elephant trunk technique after endovascular covered stents.
Endovascular covered stents were successfully applied to temporarily halt hemoptysis and postpone surgical intervention in a 69-year-old man with a ruptured anastomotic false aneurysm of the distal aortic arch. Surgical graft implantation was performed successfully by the elephant trunk technique 14 days after the endovascular stent-grafting, at which time aspiration pneumonia had subsided.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Kotsuka
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Furuse
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Kawauchi
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Kohno
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Kubota
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D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents